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Obligatory Proof Of Holiday Decoration, Christmas 2011

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Herewith please find PROOF OF HOLIDAY DECORATION in accordance with unwritten blogging rule #1225/jff. To wit, all bloggers are required to show the world proof of holiday decorating. No wordy little story about decorating will be accepted in place of mandatory photos.

Further, let it be known that the undersigned, Zen-Den and Ally Bean, jointly and severally hereinafter referred to as “The Beans,” do certify that they decorated their home of their own freewill and with relatively few arguments about how to do said project.

Further still, let it be known that The Beans would very much like to take a couple more photos of the outside of their abode, but the incessant rain has kept them from doing this. Hence, they humbly submit only one photo of the outside taken while standing inside but leaning out the front door with camera in hand.

Duly submitted and signed this day, December 7, 2011, in the presence of absolutely no one.

la p, thanks. Although I’ve never had much success with such things, I’ll try to take some artsy photos of the tree one of these nights. Maybe something good will develop. [no pun intended, but now that I wrote that… :-)]

Becky you would remember that, wouldn’t you?! The bells now live year round in a crystal bowl on the coffee table in our living room. They are objet d’art— and a fun reminder of how you people used to torment me. 😉

Zazzy, that’s a great idea. If we don’t get any snow pretty soon, I might just do that. I’ll try to take some more tree photos once I have the time and energy to figure out how to get them to look decent. So far my attempts have failed.

I love lights in bushes, trees etc. We have someone at the end of our village with a huge conifer in their front garden which they fill with lights every year. It’s the first thing you see when you drive into the village and I always look forward to seeing it.